Michael Bublé boasts a bursting catalog of hits. But when the weather gets colder, you can bet Bublé’s Christmas albums are rocking the radio waves.
Bublé has become synonymous with the holiday season after carving out a niche as one of the most recognizable voices of Christmas music. His velvety vocals and jazz renditions of holiday favorites have made his discography a household staple during the Christmas season. Over the years, Bublé has not only released several holiday albums jam-packed with fan-favorite carols and hymns, but has also headlined numerous live holiday specials with NBC.
As the holiday season approaches, fans can look forward to another year of celebrating timeless Christmas classics with the endlessly talented Bublé. Here’s everything to know about Bublé’s long history with Christmas music, his rise to holiday fame, and how to watch his most festive special yet.
Michael Bublé’s love for Christmas music goes back to his childhood
Michael Buble sings during an NBC holiday special
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Bublé has become a five-time Grammy winner for his captivating vocals and timeless jazz timbre. Coincidentally, it was a classic Christmas album that inspired Bublé’s love for the genre and led to his massively successful singing career.
“It’s funny, but when I was 6 or 7 years old, Christmas would come around and I loved it so much, but not because of the presents but for things like Bing Crosby’s White Christmas album,” Bublé told NST in 2009. “I just thought it was the coolest stuff in the world. By the time I hit 13, I’d been experimenting a lot and listening to different things, and my grandpa really helped ignite more of a flame. All I wanted to do was to learn more and more.”
In a 2009 interview on Oprah, Bublé revealed that he realized his star power during a family car ride when he was just 13 years old. As his family sang along to Crosby’s “White Christmas,” Bublé belted the lyric “May your days be merry and bright” with such angelic grace that everyone’s heads turned his way in astonishment. Bublé’s mother was blown away, as it was clear her son was a music legend in the making.
Following Bublé’s meteoric rise to fame in the early 2000s, one of Bublé’s earliest collaborations was with the Barenaked Ladies for their 2004 Christmas album Barenaked for the Holidays, where he was featured on the infectious single “Elf’s Lament.” In 2005, Bublé appeared in the TV special I Love the Holidays to chat about his lifelong love for the Christmas season.
With a dash of Christmas cheer and CGI magic, Bublé got the chance to sing with his holiday hero during NBC’s Home for the Holidays special in 2012. After sharing with fans how dearly he cherished the late Crosby’s holiday records as a child, the special cut to a skit wherein Bublé interrupts Crosby’s 1971 The Sounds of Christmas TV special to ask if he could duet “White Christmas” with him. With the help of mind-boggling editing, Bublé got to sing with the OG Christmas King decades after his 1977 passing.
